Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals came to town on Sept. 20 and the visit of the 2018 Stanley Cup champions turned out to be just what the Montreal Canadiens needed to turn around their early pre-season fortunes.

Playing in front of a crowd of 11,300 at the Vidéotron Centre, the Habs dominated the Caps with a 5-2 victory, at one point holding a 4-0 lead over the visiting team.

Rackets were swinging, balls were flying and athletes from acound the world ran across the courts of the PEPS at Université Laval. From Sept. 10 to 16, some of the world’s top female tennis players, including four Canadians, reigning Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig and future star and top seed Aryna Sabalenka, competed at the 26th Coupe Banque Nationale.

The 2018-2019 sports season at CEGEP Champlain-St. Lawrence is well underway.

Hockey: After dropping their first two games of the season against Collège Laflèche and Cégep de Sainte-Foy over the first weekend of September, the Lions men’s hockey team defeated the Cégep de Thetford Filions 5-2 on Sept. 14.

Martin Figueroa hit a two-out, three-run home run at the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Sussex County Miners beat the Québec Capitales 6-5 to earn their first ever Can-Am Baseball League pennant on Sept. 15.

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